Private company

Alpha Genesis (United States)

Logo: alphagenesisinc.com3

Company that breeds primates for biomedical research

Alpha Genesis Incorporated (AGI) is a company in Yemassee, South Carolina, that breeds cynomolgous, rhesus, green, and capuchin monkeys for use in research. The company also manages the federal macaque colony on Morgan Island, South Carolina, known as "Monkey Island" for its free-ranging monkey rhesus macaques.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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Alpha Genesis Incorporated (AGI) is a company in Yemassee, South Carolina, that breeds cynomolgous, rhesus, green, and capuchin monkeys for use in research. The company also manages the federal macaque colony on Morgan Island, South Carolina, known as "Monkey Island" for its free-ranging monkey rhesus macaques.2

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